Question 1

Which Songhai leader was a devout Muslim who helped spread Islam in Africa and established the Sankore Mosque at Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mansa Musa 
B)  Sunni Ali 
C)  Sundiata Mali 
D)  Askia Muhammad Toure 
A)  Mansa Musa 
B)  Sunni Ali 
C)  Sundiata Mali 
D)  Askia Muhammad Toure

Question 2

The nation of Axum is significant because

Accepted Answer

A)  they overtook the Egyptians while the Great Pyramids were being built. 
B)  they were influenced by Hebrew culture, and became the first Christian state in sub-Saharan Africa. 
C)  they became extremely wealthy through exploiting nearby iron resources. 
D)  their success rested entirely upon trade, and their influence fell with the decline of Rome. 
A)  they overtook the Egyptians while the Great Pyramids were being built. 
B)  they were influenced by Hebrew culture, and became the first Christian state in sub-Saharan Africa. 
C)  they became extremely wealthy through exploiting nearby iron resources. 
D)  their success rested entirely upon trade, and their influence fell with the decline of Rome.

Question 3

What was not a general characteristic of the western Sudanese kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were generally very peaceful, and prospered without the use of warfare. 
B)  Some of their cities became quite large and well developed. 
C)  Their main source of wealth was trade. 
D)  Muslims maintained at least a nominal presence in each. 
A)  They were generally very peaceful, and prospered without the use of warfare. 
B)  Some of their cities became quite large and well developed. 
C)  Their main source of wealth was trade. 
D)  Muslims maintained at least a nominal presence in each.

Question 4

The peoples of the forest regions of Western Africa are important in the study of African-American history because

Accepted Answer

A)  they were the first region to open trade with Egypt and other Mediterranean areas. 
B)  they converted to Christianity in significant numbers. 
C)  they played an important role in the slave trade, both as traders and victims. 
D)  actually, the forest regions never became powerful enough to influence African history. 
A)  they were the first region to open trade with Egypt and other Mediterranean areas. 
B)  they converted to Christianity in significant numbers. 
C)  they played an important role in the slave trade, both as traders and victims. 
D)  actually, the forest regions never became powerful enough to influence African history.

Question 5

Which of the following are generally regarded as the earliest human civilizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico and China 
B)  Egypt and Mesopotamia 
C)  China and Africa 
D)  Mesopotamia and China 
A)  Mexico and China 
B)  Egypt and Mesopotamia 
C)  China and Africa 
D)  Mesopotamia and China

Question 6

The earliest known hominids were the

Accepted Answer

A)  australopithecines. 
B)  Homo sapiens. 
C)  Homo erectus. 
D)  paleoanthropologists 
A)  australopithecines. 
B)  Homo sapiens. 
C)  Homo erectus. 
D)  paleoanthropologists

Question 7

Why did it take until the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for agriculture to replace hunting and gathering in parts of the forest region of West Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  No one settled in the region until that time. 
B)  The area was densely forested, and clearing it took a lot of effort. 
C)  The forest region was constantly threatened by disease and European warfare. 
D)  Forest region cultures were too dominated by the slave trade to develop agriculture. 
A)  No one settled in the region until that time. 
B)  The area was densely forested, and clearing it took a lot of effort. 
C)  The forest region was constantly threatened by disease and European warfare. 
D)  Forest region cultures were too dominated by the slave trade to develop agriculture.

Question 8

According to the "out-of-Africa" model for development of man,

Accepted Answer

A)  modern humans actually emerged in Europe about 200,000 years ago, rather than Africa. 
B)  African peoples and other human groups are actually very distinct genetically, since many different groups developed at the same time from different types of hominids. 
C)  modern humans evolved in Europe, Africa and Asia from Homo erectus and archaic Homo sapiens. 
D)  modern humans originated in Africa, and began migrating to the rest of the world about 100,000 years ago. 
A)  modern humans actually emerged in Europe about 200,000 years ago, rather than Africa. 
B)  African peoples and other human groups are actually very distinct genetically, since many different groups developed at the same time from different types of hominids. 
C)  modern humans evolved in Europe, Africa and Asia from Homo erectus and archaic Homo sapiens. 
D)  modern humans originated in Africa, and began migrating to the rest of the world about 100,000 years ago.

Question 9

Most of the northern third of the African continent is made up of the ___________ Desert.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Who were West Africa's chief trading partners before the fifth century CE?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Egyptians 
B)  the Spanish and French 
C)  Roman merchants and the Berbers 
D)  the Greeks 
A)  the Egyptians 
B)  the Spanish and French 
C)  Roman merchants and the Berbers 
D)  the Greeks

Which Songhai leader was a devout Muslim who helped spread Islam in Africa and established the Sankore Mosque at Timbuktu?

The nation of Axum is significant because

What was not a general characteristic of the western Sudanese kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai?

The peoples of the forest regions of Western Africa are important in the study of African-American history because

Which of the following are generally regarded as the earliest human civilizations?

The earliest known hominids were the

Why did it take until the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for agriculture to replace hunting and gathering in parts of the forest region of West Africa?

According to the "out-of-Africa" model for development of man,

Most of the northern third of the African continent is made up of the ___________ Desert.

Who were West Africa's chief trading partners before the fifth century CE?

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Exam 1: Africa

Which Songhai leader was a devout Muslim who helped spread Islam in Africa and established the Sankore Mosque at Timbuktu?

The nation of Axum is significant because

What was not a general characteristic of the western Sudanese kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai?

The peoples of the forest regions of Western Africa are important in the study of African-American history because

Which of the following are generally regarded as the earliest human civilizations?

The earliest known hominids were the

Why did it take until the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for agriculture to replace hunting and gathering in parts of the forest region of West Africa?

According to the "out-of-Africa" model for development of man,

Most of the northern third of the African continent is made up of the ___________ Desert.

Who were West Africa's chief trading partners before the fifth century CE?

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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